Diageo Regulatory News (DGE)

9 October 2023

Diageo plc publishes re-presented US Dollar financial information

As announced on 1 August 2023 with its Preliminary Results for the financial year ended 30 June 2023, in line with reporting requirements the functional currency of Diageo plc has changed from sterling to US dollar starting 1 July 2023 - with this change being applied prospectively. This is because the group's share of net sales and expenses in the US and other countries whose currencies correlate closely with the US dollar has been increasing over the years, and that trend is expected to continue in line with the group's strategic focus.

Diageo has also decided to change its presentation currency from sterling to US dollar with effect from 1 July 2023, applied retrospectively, as it believes that this change will provide better alignment of the reporting of performance with its business exposures.

Selected unaudited re-presented historical consolidated financial information of the Diageo group as of and for the years ended 30 June 2021, 30 June 2022 and 30 June 2023 and the six months ended 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2022, which reflect the change in the presentation currency of Diageo plc from sterling to US dollar mentioned above, are set out in the document accessible via the below URL to help the understanding of Diageo's past performance and financial position on a re-presented basis, in US dollar. To view the full document, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0336P_1-2023-10-6.pdf

Diageo's unaudited interim financial statements as at and for the six months ending 31 December 2023 will use US dollar as the presentation currency.

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